Wool-drying device.



M. J. MOHALB. WOOL DRYING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1914.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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' receptacle is MARTIN J. MoI-IALE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WOOL-DRYING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

Application filed .Tune 17, 1914. Serial No. 845,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, MARTIN J. MGHALE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of he city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wool-Drying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wool drying devices, and has for its object the production of a device of this character which will be of durable and economical construction and ei'iicient in use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de* scribed and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of drying device embodying my invention, portions thereof being broken away and shown in section in order to expose underlying parts, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse section of the device.

he preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawing comp *ises a substantially rectangular body or receptacle 1 formed of spaced strips, as shown, in order to produce a foraminated construction so as to afford ample ventilation for the contents of the receptacle in using the latter. Said mounted upon rollers 2 and 3, the rollers being arranged medially of the ends of said receptacle adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof and the rollers 3 being arranged at the respective ends of said receptacle as is the usual arrangement.

Une side 4 of the receptacle 1 is removably secured in position so as to afford ready access to the interior of the receptacle in rein ring the contents thereof after the drying or draining operation has been completed. Said side 4: is removably secured in position at its lower end by means of clownwardly projecting pins 5 provided at the lower edge of said side which loosely engage with loops 6 projecting from the corresponding edge of the bottom of the receptacle. The upper end of said side at is secured in operative position by means of pins 7 which are loosely mounted in laterally projecting perforated ears 8 arranged at the respective ends of the receptacle. The arrangement is such, as will be seen, that removal of the side a may be readily and easily effected by simply sliding the pins 7 outwardly to release the upper end of said side, in which event the latter may be rocked outwardly and lifted upwardly so as to effect disengagement of the pins 5 from the loops 6.

Arranged in the receptacle 1 substantially medially of the upper and lower ends thereof is a foraminated or reticulate false bottom 9 which is reinforced at its under side by spaced cleats 10 to which said false bottom is secured by staples, as shown. One edge of the false bottom 9 is hingedly secured to the Y adjacent wall of the receptacle 1 by means of hinges 1 which engage with corresponding ends of the cleats 10 at the ends of said false bottom. The opposite or free edge of the false bottom 9 is supported in operative position by means of blocks or stops 12 secured to the inner side of receptacle 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. With this arrangement, it will be seen, that the false bottom 9 will normally assume a substantially horizontal position in the receptacle 1, the same being, however, so mounted as to permit of free upward swinging of the free edge thereof.

Arranged below the false bottom 9 is a defleeting plate 13 rigidly secured to the under sides of cleats 10. The arrangement is such that, when the false bottom is in operative position, the deflecting plate 13 will be slightly inclined so as to effect draining of the water therefrom. The lower edge 14 of said deflector plate extends outwardly slightly beyond the adjacent side of the receptacle so that the water in draining from said plate will be discharged outside of the receptacle.

In using the device the it is desired to drain or into the receptacle. The false bottom 9 is held in a vertical position until the space below the same is filled, whereupon said false bottom is rocked downwardly to operative position to support the wool which is deposited into the upper end of the receptacle. With the arrangement set forth, it will be seen. that the wool contained in the lower end of the receptacle or below the false bottom, will be separated from that contained in the upper end of the receptacle 1, the water draining from the contents of the lower portion of the receptacle passing through the bottom of the latter, whereas the Water draining from that contained in wet wool, which dry, is deposited the upper portion of the receptacle will be discharged laterally by the deflecting plate 13.

It has been found that without the employment of the medially arranged false bottom and deflector plate, as mentioned, the Water draining from the contents of the upper portion of the receptacle accumulates in that contained in the lower portion of the receptacle, so that a very long time is required to effect the draining and thorough drying of the wool at the bottom of the receptacle. The draining and drying of the wool in the bottom of the receptacle is also interfered with through the compactness which results by reason of the great pressure caused by the weight of the wool contained in the upper portion of the receptacle. lVith the present construction, the contents of the receptacle will be divided so that the excessive pressure upon and hence the close packing of the wool contained in the lower portion of the receptacle will be obviated. Also, with this construction the moisture of the wool contained in the upper end of the receptacle will not pass through the entire contents of the receptacle, but will be intercepted and discharged from the receptacle by means of the deflecting plate 13, as above pointed out. With this arrangement then, it is apparent that the draining and drying of wool may be more rapidly effected.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my inventioninto effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a foraminated receptacle open at its upper end; and an imperforate inclined substantially horizontal partition arranged in said receptacle intermediate the upper and lowerends thereof, the lower edge of said partition projecting outwardly beyond the adjacent side of said receptacle, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a foraminated receptacle open at its upper end; a foraminated substantially horizontal false bottom in said receptacle intercopiel of this patent may be obtained for five upper end; a foraminated false bottom movably mounted in said receptacle substan tially medially between the upper and lower ends thereof; and an imperforate deflecting member arranged below said false bottom and movable therewith, substantially as described. 7

5. A device of the class described comprising a foraminated receptacle open at its upper end; a hingedly mounted foraminated false bottom arranged in said receptacle substantially medially between the upper and lower ends thereof; and an imperforate deflecting member arranged below said false bottom and movable therewith, substantially as described. 7

6. A device of the class described comprising a foraminated receptacle open at its upper end; a hingedly mounted foraminated false bottom arranged in said receptacle substantially medially between the upper and lower ends thereof, said false bottom being free for upward swinging; stops for limiting downward swinging of said false bottom; and 'an imperforate deflecting member arranged below said false bottom and movable therewith, substantially as described.

7. A device of the class described comprising a foraminated receptacle open at its 'upper end; a foraminated false bottom movably mounted in said receptacle substantially medially between the upper and lower ends thereof; and an imperforate deflecting member arranged below said false bottom and movable therewith, one side of said receptacle being movable and releasably secured in position, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. p

MARTIN J. HMOI-IALE. Witnesses: JOSHUA R. H. Po'rrs,

B. G. RICHARDS,

cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

